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| In North America the three main species of the pinyon pines are: Colorado Pinyon (Pinus edulis ) Single-leaf Pinyon (Pinus monophylla) Mexican Pinyon (Pinus cembroides) New Mexico & Southern Colorado Piñon are not your average pine nut. In the Denver area most people look for the Piñon that comes from the (Colorado Pinyon Tree). The Spanish word for piñon means pine or pine nut, so all piñon nuts are pine nuts, but all pine nuts are not necessarily Piñon. New Mexico and Southern Colorado are well known for their piñon. Piñon trees produce just about every year, however there is not a good crop every year. This year (there is a good crop resulting in the lowering of prices. Unshelled pine nuts have a long shelf life if kept dry and refrigerated at 23° to 35.6° F. The shell should be removed before the nut is eaten; piñon deteriorate rapidly in warm conditions, becoming rancid within a few weeks, or even days in warm humid conditions. Pine nuts are commercially available in shelled form, but due to poor storage, these rarely have a good flavor, all too often being rancid before reaching the end user. The most important species in international trade is Korean Pine Nuts, harvested in northeast China and Korea. |
